No firefighters were harmed in the making of this calendar.
Worth noting because, well ... bare skin ... razor-sharp claws ... things can go wrong.
"The cats were all well-behaved — pretty mellow and chill," said Burbank Paradise Fire Department firefighter Chris Parnell, one of the men featured in the Firefighters & Felines 2018 calendar from Cat Network of Stanislaus.
The benefit calendar is the brainchild of Cat Network volunteer Katie Sauceda of Turlock. The nonprofit network is a group of about 20 people — mostly older women, Sauceda said —dedicated to the welfare of feral and stray cats.